Rare treasures from the New York public library.

• Position: History - Exhibition - Brief Article

Some of The New York Public Library's rarest treasures have been assembled in an exhibition of historical and literary materials representing a cross-section of its collections. Among the highlights are Revolutionary War watercolors painted by Thomas Davies, a British officer; Mark Twain's manuscript of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, an assortment of Civil War photographs, including an album that belonged to Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman's mother; one of 11 surviving copies of The Whole Book of Psalmes, the first book...